usually encouraged their men to get Native American wives and marry into the tribes to make trade relationships stronger. The Whitman established their mission with the Cayuse at Waiilatpu near Walla Walla. Spalding was assigned to convert the Nez Perce people and founded a mission at Lapwai‚ Idaho. This was one of the most successful missions. In 1838‚ two Catholic priests‚ Fathers Blanchet and Modesta Demers arrived at Fort Walla Walla to imagine the possibilities of beginning a Catholic mission
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Jefferson was the reason why the westward expansion started. Lewis and clark were wanting to start a journey to the western side. Lewis couldn’t do it alone so he asked clark come alone with him on the journey. So he did they had some hard times it wasn’t so easy as they though. Lewis brought him alone so he could get supplies for him if they ever needed them on there way over to the mississippi on the side of pacific ocean. Lewis had planned to go to the pacific but they had trouble on the way
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Robert Morgan claims that the problems caused by westward expansion were not the fault of a few famous people but of common citizens.The claims of Robert Morgan are reasonable. To support this claim‚the three text used will be‚ “ Thomas Jefferson’s America‚ 1801” --Stephen Ambrose‚ “Reporting to the President‚ September 23- December 31‚ 1806” (pages 418-21) -- Stephen Ambrose‚ and “ Chief Joseph Speaks…” --Chief Joseph. Additionally‚ Robert Morgan states in the text‚” Historians may
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For example‚ in “Chief Joseph Speaks‚” which were speeches from the chief of the Nez Perce tribe‚ Joseph states‚ “White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of the Winding Water. They stole a great many horses from us and we could not get them back because we were Indians.” This shows that in general‚ not just a few specific
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1. Lewis was shot by one of his own men. Pierre Cruzatte‚ who could not see well‚ shot Lewis through the buttocks on August 11‚ 1806‚ mistaking him for an elk. 2. Clark was not actually a captain. When Lewis asked Clark to join the expedition he said President Jefferson was willing to promote him to captain. Before the expedition began‚ the Secretary of War notified Lewis that Clark would receive a lieutenant’s title. Lewis was angered and wrote Clark that it was best that none of their party or
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Sioux Indian nation group that use to live on the territory of the modern state of Wisconsin‚ USA‚ near the Lake Michigan. There are two separate federally recognized tribal governments‚ the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin‚ while having no official reservation has parcels of land placed in Trust as Indian Trust Land as designated by the federal government‚ Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) spread over Dane
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westward expansion disrupted native american lives after the civil war due to expansionist invading their lands and taking their freedom‚ while simultaneously destroying their culture and population. the issue of land was one of the largest controversies pertaining to westward expansion. In an era characterized by rapid population growth and economic depression‚ the pull to move west was strong in the white settlers hoping for a better life. The Homestead Act further encouraged settlers to migrate
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: Leader of Nez Perce. Fled with his tribe to Canada instead of reservations. However‚ US troops came and fought and brought them back down to reservations Geronmino : Geronimo‚ the leader of the Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico‚ fought against the white man‚ who was trying to force the Apaches off of their land. Geronimo had an enormous hatred for the whites. He was‚ however‚ eventually pushed into Mexico where he surrendered Crazyhorse : He was chief of the Nez Perce Indians of Idaho
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The Expedition of Lewis and Clark Anthony Price 1/13/14 NIC History 111 Long before Thomas Jefferson was the President of the United States he had aspirations to know what was beyond the Mississippi River. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from the French in 1803 opened the door to President Jefferson’s opportunity to send explorers across the continent. At that time‚ nearly the whole population of the United States lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Because
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William Clark approached three Nez Perce boys carefully. He was afraid he would frighten them and make a bad first impression on the tribe. Offering the boys gifts of ribbons‚ he eased their fears and we were soon led to the settlement of tepees. After Lewis joined them a few days later
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